Zhu Qizhen did not go to Mobei, but with the help of Zhang Fu's cover, he went south through the Grand Canal and towards Huai'an Mansion.

The king of Jing'an sent an envoy to Annan, accompanied by many guards, as well as officials from the Ministry of Rites, the goal was too big, so Zhu Qizhen took Fan Zhong, Yuan Bin and Bei Lin, changed into civilian clothes, and hired a small boat alone.

Behind this ship, there was another Jinyi guard in disguise, who also hired a boat to secretly follow.

Seeing that it was getting late, the boatman did not dare to sail at night, so he leaned towards the shore.

Zhu Qizhen stood at the bow of the boat and asked, "Boatman, where is this?" How far is it from Huai'an? ”

The old boatman who supported the boat said: "If you go back to Gongzi, the front is Suqian County, and in three days, you can go to Huai'an." ”

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "I heard that the Yellow River burst its banks, but I don't know if Suqian was seriously affected?" ”

"Suqian is not heavy, from the east of Huai'an Mansion, then it is miserable!"

"The people...... Bitter! ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, the war in the north has just subsided, and there are floods in the Central Plains again, as well as the White Lotus Sect with bad intentions, and the Japanese who engage in sneak attacks from time to time, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and bad luck!

At this moment, he deeply felt that the burden on his body was getting heavier and heavier, and if the people were not able to live in peace, the emperor would still be a fart.

Belin stood behind Zhu Qizhen and said, "Emperor...... What Brother Huang said is that prosperity, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, since ancient times, the people in the world are the most difficult. ”

The old shipwright said happily: "I see that a few of them are scholars, this people's suffering must be bitter, but this year is very different." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but ask, "What's the difference?" ”

"This year's construction of the embankment is not a levy, but a work."

Belin asked, "Aren't labor and labor the same thing?" ”

"There's a big difference!"

The old boatman shook his head and said, "The work is paid, ten big dollars a day, and two meals!" ”

Since ancient times, in addition to paying taxes, the common people also have to serve hard labor, to put it bluntly, they have to work for the court without compensation.

Before Yu Qian left Beijing, Zhu Qizhen specially explained that he couldn't let the people work in vain, and then with a wave of his hand, he allocated an additional one million taels of silver as the cost of repairing the river.

He didn't expect that his move seemed sparse and ordinary, but it caused an uproar.

When Yu Qian arrived at Huai'an Mansion, the first thing he did was to issue a new recruitment notice and reissue the labor fees of the previous 60,000 people.

The local people were crazy, and it was the first time in their lives that they saw the imperial court pay themselves, so they immediately signed up, and the team for repairing the river suddenly expanded to 100,000.

Belin also just learned about this, so she asked jokingly: "Old man, such a good thing, why don't you go?" ”

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The old boatman still smiled and said, "No, I'm old, I can't do the work anymore!" ”

After docking, Yuan Bin took out a silver ingot and said to the old boatman: "Tomorrow is still the hour to leave." ”

"Don't worry, the little old man is waiting on the boat, you guys go slowly!"

The four of them went ashore, and Zhu Qizhen was worried about the river control, and he was not in the mood to wander around.

"Yuan Bin, where is the nearest station?"

Yuan Bin had already inquired about it, and said immediately: "It's less than two miles ahead." ”

It is located next to the Grand Canal, and the post station was built near the river, mainly for officials who sailed on the canal.

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Then let's not go into the city, let's go to the post station for one night." ”

Belin said, "I went to the inn...... Doesn't it reveal your identity? ”

Zhu Qizhen looked him up and down and said, "Don't you have seals and documents on you, just use yours, and then say that we are your family members." ”

When she left Beijing, Bei Lin was in charge of astronomy and geography, and it was reasonable to come to Huai'an Mansion to help control the river.

After making up their minds, the group came to the post station, and the post man read Belin's documents and seals, and hurriedly let the people in.

The process went smoothly, but Belin wasn't used to it.

This is the first time that the emperor has served as his follower, walking in front, and always feeling cold behind him.

Yicheng arranged guest rooms for a few people and prepared a table for dinner.

This meal is not sumptuous, there are only four dishes, two meat and two vegetarian, ordinary.

Zhu Qizhen didn't care, when he went out, he could fill his stomach, and after a day's boat, he was already hungry, so he picked up the bowl and started to make it.

Belin waited carefully, and Zhu Qizhen said while picking up the rice in his mouth: "You guys eat too, what's polite?" ”

"You eat first, Weichen...... I'm not hungry......"

Zhu Qizhen said impatiently: "You are now the chief, I am the follower, what do you look like when you let others see it like this?" ”

Belin had no choice but to pick up the bowl and take a small bite of rice.

"Hey, that's right, come on, eat vegetables!"

Zhu Qizhen simply helped him take a bite of food, and at this time, the door curtain was lifted, and Yi Cheng came in with a pot of soup with his own hands.

Belin was at a loss for what to do with the bowl, and Zhu Qizhen had an idea and said, "My lord, you have to eat more vegetables!" ”

"Oh, good, good!"

Belin had no choice but to agree haphazardly, and Yicheng didn't think much about it, and put the soup on the table.

It may be that he saw that these people were not so big and relatively approachable, so he said: "A big official like you only brought three people when you went out, which is really rare!" ”

Belin replied with a smile: "Qin Tianjian's grade is not high, so he is not a big official. ”

"You are from Jingshi, you are a big official, okay, the dishes are ready, you eat slowly, and send the hot water to the house for you when you turn around!"

At this time, Zhu Qizhen had already finished eating, so he went to serve the soup, but found that there was a lot of meat in the soup, as well as meatballs, a few seasonal vegetables and vermicelli, which looked very high-grade.

"You've got a good soup!"

He just said it casually, but he didn't expect that Yi Cheng turned around and answered: "You said it, this soup was originally prepared for the guest in front, but they didn't eat coriander, so they returned it and brought it to you." ”

Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "In this way, there is a big official in front?" ”

The post station is the official guest house of the imperial court, and the food and lodging for the passing officials along the way are all free, but there is one rule, and the level of hospitality is required.

What kind of officials and what kind of meals to prepare, these are all clearly stipulated.

And the pot of soup in front of Zhu Qizhen is obviously more than one grade higher than those four dishes.

"Look at what you said, he is the nephew of the cabinet scholar of the dynasty, and he has won the promotion again this year, and his future is limitless!"

Zhu Qizhen asked suspiciously: "You mean, this person is not a court official?" ”

"Isn't it a matter of time before someone wants to be an official? Okay, you can eat first, and the little one will go to the front to entertain you. ”

"Wait a minute!"

Zhu Qizhen slowly put down the soup spoon in his hand and said, "There are four cabinet scholars in the court, I don't know which nephew you are talking about?" ”

Yi Cheng smiled and said, "The surname is Gao!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and went out, but the room was deserted.

Zhu Qizhen's face was pale, and Belin and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

In fact, this kind of thing is also common, although the post only receives officials who come and go, but after all, the person is Gao Hub's nephew, and he is a lifter, and he will be a Jinshi in the coming year, and he will be Hanlin immediately.

Even if you don't pass the exam, just rely on the relationship of Gao Hub, it is not a big problem to be a county magistrate, exercise outside for a few years, find a person to be promoted back to Beijing, and the road to the future career will be smooth sailing.

With such a character, why can't you eat two meals of you?

Zhu Qizhen doesn't think so, rules are rules, if someone takes the lead in breaking the rules, there will be a second and a third ......

When the time comes, the documents of the imperial court will become a piece of waste paper and can be discarded at will.

"Belin, go and see, what's going on?"

Belin's face was entangled, and she said: "It's just an autumn wind fighter, the emperor doesn't want to be like such a person, and he has to hurry tomorrow!" ”

He wasn't afraid, when he was in the Fengtian Palace, he dared to ride on someone else's body in the face of the old ministers of the Five Dynasties, a small lifter, what is there to be afraid of?

It's just that I'm worried that my whereabouts will be exposed, and the emperor will not have soldiers and horses accompanying him, and if he is targeted by unscrupulous people, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Yuan Bin also persuaded: "What Master Pei said makes sense, Your Majesty, let's leave it alone, it's important to get down to business!" ”

"No, I can't swallow this breath, why is a small lifter, useless, better than what I eat?"

Zhu Qizhen pointed to the pot of soup, and said with a sad and indignant face: "Look at it, there is so much meat in this pot of soup alone, which is more than the four of us, it is really unreasonable!" ”

Belin scratched her head and said, "If the emperor can't get used to eating, I'll go out and buy some wine and meat now......"

"Not necessarily!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "You go to the front now, since you have eaten all the food, it is not cost-effective to drive people now, ask Yi Cheng how much this meal is, and let him settle the bill!" ”

Belin had no choice but to follow the instructions and go to the front room.

Zhu Qizhen was still sulking, looking at the fragrant soup, he couldn't help but fill himself a bowl.

"It's a pity not to drink such a good soup......"

However, before he could finish drinking, he heard the sound of ping-pong in front of him, and then Yicheng hurriedly ran in.

"Three, let's go to the front and take a look, the adult of your family and the nephew of the Gaoge family are fighting!"

Zhu Qizhen was drinking soup, and couldn't help but be stunned, let you collect the bills, why are you still fighting?

Don't look at Belin's usual weak and weak text, she has a violent temper, she really dares to do it!

He hurriedly got up and took Fan Zhong and Yuan Bin to the private room in front, only to see Belin and a young man scuffling together, the food on the table was spilled everywhere, and there were two women curled up in the corner.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but be stunned, in my official guest house of Daming...... And the escort service?

That Gao Gongzi brought a lot of family members with him, these people didn't seem to want to talk about martial arts, seeing that their master was beaten, they stepped forward to help, Fan Zhong and Yuan Bin stepped forward, picked up their fists and punched one by one, only one face, and everyone lay down.

The two of them solved the family and went to catch the high prince on the ground, but they were stopped by Zhu Qizhen.

"People are one-on-one, let's not do it yet."

The tall boy drank and looked a little drunk, as soon as Belin turned over and rode on him, he raised his fist and struck, and shouted in his mouth: "Let you pull me, let you pull me!" ”

The post behind him was sweating profusely and said, "Three, go and pull your family away, if you continue to fight, you will die!" ”

Zhu Qizhen was not in a hurry, but asked: "How to deal with beating the imperial court officials, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Yi Cheng was stunned for a moment and said: "Gao Gongzi is just a person, and he can't be regarded as an official of the imperial court. ”

"I'm talking about this guy beating up my family!"

Zhu Qizhen said angrily: "You only have Gao Gongzi in your eyes, is he your father?" ”

Yi Cheng was speechless for a moment, his face full of helplessness.

Of course, he knew that Gao Gongzi had no official and no position, but the other party was the deputy supervisor of Qin Tianjian, although his grade was not high, he was also a Beijing official.

But the problem is that the backstage of the Gao family is a dignified cabinet scholar, can this be compared?

I'm just a little postman, and I can't afford to mess with either side, what can I do......

"I can't control this matter, I'll go and ask Lord Zhixian to go!"

So far, he has no choice but to go into the city overnight to report to the county.

The post men all ran away, and the remaining post guards did not dare to act rashly, so they had to wait and see from afar.

Finally, the tall boy on the ground was beaten and fainted, and Belin got off him panting, and shouted: "Which onion are you, dare to pull me?" ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled and asked, "Why did you beat people like this?" ”

"The Emperor...... In broad daylight, I dare to pull the officials of the imperial court, and the dog fights the powerful things, I bah! ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at Gao Gongzi, who had a blue nose and swollen face on the ground and blood from the corner of his mouth, and was very satisfied.

Hit and hit, smashed and smashed, and the evil qi that was blocked in my heart seemed to be unblocked all of a sudden.

He squatted down and said to a family member on the ground: "Tell your son-in-law that tomorrow I will pay for the wine and food, the money for the hall, and these smashed tables, chairs, benches, plates and bowls, as ordered!" ”

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, but he heard the family struggling and saying, "Don't go, my son-in-law is the nephew of the cabinet lord, you ...... Wait, it's not over! ”

Belin couldn't get angry, stepped forward to give him a kick, and said angrily: "It's light to beat him today, and when I turn around, the official has made it clear to the saint that he will cure his uncle's lax discipline!" ”

The man immediately curled up with his stomach clutched, his face full of pain, unable to speak.

The others didn't dare to squeak, and Zhu Qizhen stood up and beckoned Bei Lin and the others to return to the guest room.

"What the hell is going on, why did the fight start all of a sudden?"

Belin said: "According to the emperor's instructions, the minister went to reason with them, saying that this is the housekeeper's station, for the sake of the feelings of the tall man, he will make an exception tonight, but you have to settle the account, as a result, this person got up and pulled me, and asked me which onion I am?" ”

"And then you got into a fight with him?"

"That must ......"

Belin seemed to realize her problem, so she lowered her head and said, "Weichen is wrong, please punish the emperor!" ”

Zhu Qizhen was happy: "What is the crime of the Qing family? ”